Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-06-03

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o'.',,..u' ~ ,sh;,h a vide stretch
o,'"N',.',' ea,,,d h.. ,iewed He look
81 oi eo nu;onsiv in tbe direction OF The
H., al ,,,..sentIv esnied amongso
a ,ie' "p, ,!n' ~ hin streak Of steam.
a,,i'ls,,t;v ;ssu;,y from, an advancing
t,n;n
If was the express! What ii the
| drive,. failed 70 see his signal He sick
ena1 M the thought. But he should
baor i he did not see. There was yet
a f,,ll minute.
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teu oon' a. n Ill os ba ,on Then he
ulsos o,' e.s l%n GO 80, aduanc;na
sam tnu app 80 ss; inc " ,n,nd a henJ
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ele"i - ~ '''u ,S LIZ onrr;ad 10 vol.
sinai ur.us1 w. "n haIow He ,eaned otf
way ~ o'I h,; = ,sno ouen o 20 nala him
s sO 'mo 10 'oen ln;c,p,s and ercitedlu
waved tbe red fag Of dancer nm and
down The drivers keen ewes espied
! the warning signal while his train was
] VET some two ar three hundred wards
from Il. and instantly shutting off the |
steam he sounded hree hoarse blasts
on the brake. whistle tn which the
Guards promptly responded by APP /
nlvino their brales with aIl their |
| STRENGTH II was n GRAND sightl The !
mooni6cent engine fnll oflife and GLOW
ino WITH color. came tearing along at the !
| very ton Of her speed. then suddenly |
the majestic stream of white cloud. /
which had been Gracefully sailing in
her wake disanneared and abe. IA III
her wheels had ali at once been naral-i
wed. BEGAN to culver like n thing in
fear A cloud OF dust arose from the.
line. and a shower of sparks flew out
from the rails over which the wheels
we're now rolling unwillinolv. or NOT
at all while the Guards vans behind
we're carried alone with their wheels
PERFECTLY still. immovabIv skidded
and SCATTERING as If in INDIGNANT nro-
, test. a simmer of sparks though the
thick black dust which was rising
from the ground below them.
| .HThank God, ifs donel breatbed
Granard 10 himself, as he fell rather
than stepped from his elevated
position. For moment he sat on
the ground, for he could not stand;
every limb was trembling and every
nerve quivering; though until the sig
nal had been seen he had known no
lack OF nerve or muscle. But now
that his task was DONE and the train
was saved, he found himself all
at once exhausted and PROSTATE.
He saw that the train had stop
1 ped. ana that The guards COM
ihS BACK 10 nm. lie shooK nlmseif
toee1her ana walked uhsteaolly TO-
ward them; Ills throat was TOO parch-
eo 10 speak, pu0 ne pointed forward
toward tne cutting, ana passed tor
wafd TO the engine where he got IL
drink rom the driver teacan. Then
he iound voice to say, The Scud s
come to grlef." Ihey all stood ashast.
scared at the news. The driver was
Ohe lrso TO speak.
Is she OH the foau, sir!
''Yes, rather! Complete wreck,
Right across both roads, In the cut
ting there in front of you, lust under
the bridge"
He ST arted "Anv one killed sir2o
"Sure TO be. saw one az tha an.
zine men lvjno dead with biS boad
nearly knocked off. hut 7 ramsn,he,..d
your train a minrte after tbA smnsb
and ran oif oa fast os on,i IL =, 'i rTS
expressed their great gratitude. and
one OF them produced a pocket-book
in which he asked Granard to write
his name and address. They then I'M
coupled their engine and drove slowly
up to the scene OF the disaster.
What a sight met their eyesl The
framing of the LEADING alar,is yan was
living nearly square across ,he two
lines. two of tSa three r,airs of wb.als
torn from under II. the nuner mart If
the van had been bnrst away and
most OF the LUGGAGE scattered some
fifty wards farther hack A few nort
manteaus were TIGHTLY ninned ta tho
floor of the wrecked van Inv q na;r of
the engine bogie- Wheels which had
somehow been precipitated amonqst
them. The carriage next the van was
off the rails and partly twisted round
but still upright The next carriage
that III which Granard had ridden
was, turned more than half way over.
and under it lay one of the heavy
engine forgirgs, known as the bogie-
frame, doubtless. the cause ofthe over
throw; the other carriages, though al!
damaged more or less, had not been
ueralled.